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Louisiana had the sixth highest share of personal injury lawsuits per capita among the 50 states during the year ending March 31, with 16.71 lawsuits being filed per 100,000 residents, according to a Florida law firm.

A bill to provide more transparency about third-party litigation financing in Louisiana was vetoed this week by Gov. John Bel Edwards, who argued that such funding agreements help to “level the playing field” between individual plaintiffs and defendant companies.

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Despite representing only 1.5% of the U.S. population, Louisiana ranked fifth among the states in a new study that catalogs the increasing number of jury verdicts against corporations that exceed $10 million.

Anthony Anastasio, the president of the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute, discusses the costs imposed on business by state's legal system.

House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw on Wednesday announced the leadership team for the 86th West Virginia Legislature.

CHARLESTON — House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw on Wednesday announced the leadership team for the 86th West Virginia Legislature.

The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATR) released its 2022-2023 Judicial Hellhole report. In this report, the ATR ranks the eight most dangerous jurisdictions for corporate defendants...

Hope born of the realization that despite all the negative publicity, (Madison County) really was a Wonderful County, and the power to change the current course of events comes from within–within him and all who think alike.

CHARLESTON – For decades, personal injury lawyers and their handpicked members of the West Virginia Judiciary had a stranglehold on the legal system in our state. But times have changed.